Luna Kubota Sigal

Background

Lance was granted sole custody of Luna in 2009 after her mother fled with Luna to Japan. Since then, Lance has tried calling Luna in Japan on a regular basis only to be hung up on or left to leave a message on the grandparents answering machine. During their marriage, Saori was diagnosed by two separate psychologists as being Bipolar and refused any type of treatment as well as refusing to tell her family that she had a mental health issue (although it could be easily resolved through medication). At one time prior to abducting Luna and leaving the country, Saori had taken Luna to visit her grandparents in Japan and threatened. Lance with not returning to the country. Consular officers have ignored all requests to get involved.

Lance has been banned from any and all communications with his daughter, Luna since the​court decision to grant Lance full custody. All phone calls and emails have been blatantly ignored. All mail has been refused/returned, including birthday gifts, holiday cards/gifts and all other correspondence to Luna. The one time that he spoke to Saori, asking to come to Japan to at least visit Luna, he was threatened with arrest and deportation from Japan.

Notes

Dear Lunabear,

​I’m sorry that I have not been allowed to be part of your life for the last five years, missing almost half of your life. While I was extremely angry at your mother the first few years, I have put that anger behind me as I know in my heart that I will someday get you back and want to be emotionally healthy enough to support you when you return to the United States.

I have tried all of this time to be part of your life, calling most weekends, sending emails, birthday cards, holiday cards, notes and every one of my attempts to contact you have been rejected by your mother. Please know in your heart that she is mentally ill and does not mean you harm – my concern is that you know that I am here for you and think about you every minute of my life and will not give up trying to get you back.

I love you Lunabear; I miss reading you Curious George at bedtime, I miss taking you on Daddy-Daughter trips on Sundays to the beach or Disneyland or the Zoo or to the mall . . . just spending time together having fun and enjoying life together. I’m sorry that I’m not there to help take care of you when you’re sick or to be your “tooth fairy” as you lose your baby teeth or to hold you when you have a boo-boo.